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Sakuntala: Texts, Readings, Histories

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The importance of Sakuntala as personifying Indian womanhood in Indian literature and culture is undisputed. This book attempts to explore some of the links between culture, history and gender and between literature and history by reading variant versions of the narrative of Sakuntala. These include the stories in the Mahabharata, the play by Kalidasa, and the eighteenth-century katha in Braj. The transformation of Sakuntala from an autonomous, assertive figure in the Mahabharata, to the quintessential submissive woman in the Kalidasa version, is carefully examined by the author through a fascinating reading of the texts and translations of the play in India and Europe.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Anthem Press

Release: July 01, 2002

ISBN: 1843310260

ISBN 13: 9781843310266

Sakuntala: Texts, Readings, Histories

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The importance of Sakuntala as personifying Indian womanhood in Indian literature and culture is undisputed. This book attempts to explore some of the links between culture, history and gender and between literature and history by reading variant versions of the narrative of Sakuntala. These include the stories in the Mahabharata, the play by Kalidasa, and the eighteenth-century katha in Braj. The transformation of Sakuntala from an autonomous, assertive figure in the Mahabharata, to the quintessential submissive woman in the Kalidasa version, is carefully examined by the author through a fascinating reading of the texts and translations of the play in India and Europe.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Anthem Press

Release: July 01, 2002

ISBN: 1843310260

ISBN 13: 9781843310266

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